IM.POWER.ED

Community-based legal education and facilitation project for temporary foreign workers.

IM.POWER.ED is a one-year project that aims to assist all groups of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in orienting, educating and empowering themselves via access to public legal education and information (PLEI) about their legal rights and responsibilities.

Through targeted outreach IM.POWER.ED will facilitate the distribution of PLEI (including FAQ fact sheets translated to other languages including Korean, Punjabi and Spanish) to TFWs, as well as the frontline workers, advocates, settlement and community workers, volunteers and community groups working on their behalf in British Columbia. Further access to relevant PLEI materials will be made possible through its distribution to the media and online.

Through qualified experts IM.POWER.ED will deliver PLEI workshops and presentations on issues of interest to TFWs, as well as the frontline workers, advocates, settlement and community workers, volunteers and community groups working on their behalf in British Columbia.

In order to facilitate change throughout the province, IM.POWER.ED will collaborate with partner agencies in Penticton, Prince George and Victoria.

Other MOSAIC services available to TFWs include a Drop-In Centre and the Legal Advocacy Program.
For a list of upcoming events check the schedule below.

IM.POWER.ED has a new e-bulletin. Please check the April issue below. Please check below for our upcoming events.

Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Program Information

Contact Info:

Saleem Spindari
Phone: 604 254 9626
Email: sspindari@mosaicbc.com

Funding Source:

Funded by The Law Foundation of British Columbia

Description:

- Citizenship and Immigration Canada made changes to the way temporary foreign workers apply for work permits or extend their stays in Canada. TFWs can now apply for work permits and visa extensions online. Please see the news release from CIC at the link below:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2009/2009-12-21.asp

- The topic of the first presentation from a series of presentations to be offered by IM-POWER-ED was "Immigration Law for Temporary Foreign Workers". Ms. Marina L. Sedai, Barrister and Solicitor, from Sedai Law Office kindly agreed to post her presentation on our website.

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